Dylan Smith

Napster Dramatically Reduces Losses During Q1 2020

May 8, 2020

Once-infamous music-sharing platform Napster is still hanging on as a (legal) music streaming service, and during this year’s first three months, the platform’s losses dropped substantially from the same peri... Read More...

Will Giants Rule the Post-COVID Music Industry? Artist Rights Alliance, Future of Music Coalition Support the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act

Dylan Smith

May 8, 2020

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(photo: Hunters Race) Amid widespread fiscal tumult and economic uncertainty, 25 organizations, including the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the Future of Music Coalition, and MoveOn, have sent a letter to Con... Read More...

Congress Introduces Bi-Partisan Bill to Create Small Claims Copyright Board

46 Music and Film Organizations Tell Congress: ‘The Reality of Our Situation Is Dire’

Dylan Smith

May 8, 2020

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46 film and music organizations have submitted a letter to Congress highlighting perceived shortcomings in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, as well as possible ways to address these points in future economic-aid ... Read More...

Soundgarden Legend Chris Cornell Tragically Commits Suicide

Soundgarden Accuses Vicky Cornell of Stealing Charitable Funds In Ugly Countersuit

Dylan Smith

May 8, 2020

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Chris Cornell performing live. The bitter lawsuit between Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell is raging on. Now, Soundgarden has levied a firmly-worded countersuit against Vicky, one that includes accusations of s... Read More...

California Allows Record Stores to Reopen — With Conditions, Of Course

Dylan Smith

May 8, 2020

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(photo: Clay Banks) As part of its plan to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions, California is allowing record stores to reopen. However, government officials have laid out bolstered sanitization protocols an... Read More...

Is Saudi Arabia About to Acquire Warner Music Group?

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

A shot of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (photo: Tahir mq) Late last month, Digital Music News was first to report that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had bought a $500 million stake in Live Nation – covering some 5.7 pe... Read More...

90% of Ticketholders Aren’t Requesting Refunds to Postponed Shows, Live Nation Says

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

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In its Q1 2020 earnings report, Live Nation indicated that over 90 percent of ticketholders have decided to keep their tickets for postponed shows as opposed to requesting refunds via the Ticket Relief Plan. ... Read More...

T.I., Common, Justin Timberlake, MC Hammer, Others Demand #JusticeforAhmaud

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

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T.I. performing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2006. (photo: Carla from Atlanta, Georgia) Update: Just moments ago, at about 9:30 PM EST (6:30 PM PST), police charged and arrested Gregory and Travis McMich... Read More...

Axl Rose Calls U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin an A-hole — Mnuchin Responds

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

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Axl Rose during a 2012 performance in Nottingham, England. (photo: Delusion23) It’s real, it’s bizarre, and it’s spurred considerable controversy and sparked a multitude of additional social media arguments: ... Read More...

How Has Coronavirus Impacted Music Streaming in the Nordic Countries?

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

A shot of Stockholm, Sweden, with the Northern Lights visible in the night sky. (photo: Micael Widell) Though some surveys have found that Americans are streaming more visual media and less music amid the cor... Read More...

Warner Music Reports $74 Million In Quarterly Losses — But Streaming Up 11%

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

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Photo Credit: Unsplash Warner Music Group (WMG) lost $74 million during this year’s first three months (the company’s second fiscal quarter), due in part to issues stemming from the novel coronavirus crisis. ... Read More...

Bad Company Frontman Brian Howe Dead at 66 Due to Cardiac Arrest

Dylan Smith

May 7, 2020

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Brian Howe performing in 2019. Bad Company frontman Brian Howe has passed away from cardiac arrest. He was 66 years old. Though Howe’s family and representatives have yet to release an official statement on ... Read More...

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